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Monday, May 21, 2012
Giveaway Day: Quilting Podcast Love
Quilting Podcast list - in no particular order. Click on their name to visit their website.
The History Quilter Podcast ~ yea that's me.
Lazy Daisy Quilts- Daisy
The Off-Kilter Quilt - Frances
Quilting For The Rest of Us - Sandy
Hip To Be A Square - Pam
Crafty Garden Mom - Tanesha
Scientific Quilter - Darla
Peacebrook Quilting - Victoria
Quilt Cabana Corner - Sandi
Katie's Quilting Corner - Katie
Nonnie's Quilting Dreams - Nonnie
The Pioneer Quilter - Kelley
Quilted Cupcake - Jean
Quilter in the Gap - Rhonda
Jackie's Quilting Chronicles - Jackie
The Quilting Pot Podcast - A.J.
In honor of Giveaway Day, I'm giving away the complete quilt kit you see below which includes the Walkin' the Line pattern, 8 fat quarters, borders, binding and backing. The quilt will measure up as 51" x 71".
To enter my giveaway tell me if you listen to any podcasts, quilting, travel, food, anything - it doesn't matter...but also tell me why you like to listen to it. The historian in me needs a little analysis, not just the data. :)
Enjoy your Monday ~ yea it's Monday!
332 comments:
I listen to podcasts to be entertained while doing something else. I listen to quite a few of the quilting podcasts on your list. And thanks for the list so I can check out a few I'm not familiar with!Reply
i haven't really listened to podcasts before.. maybe I should start? sorry to be of so little help, thanks for the chance!Reply
I love to listen to audio books and watch quilting youtube videos, but I've never listened to a podcast. I guess maybe I should, just never thought about it. Thanks for the list, I will try them out.Reply
Your giveaway is scrumptious! Definitely my colors.
I've never listened to pod casts but will check yours out. I do a lot of youtube videos and such... I guess I'm more of a visual person and prefer to see things and retain more that way...Reply
Great giveaway and thanks for the list of podcasts! I think you already know I only really listen to yours - and that's cuz I like you so much! ;-) I learn stuff and you make me smile, and I like to hear you talk while I sew...Reply
I have never listened to a podcast. I am pretty much technically ignorant. I would if I could figure out how. Can I watch them on my iPad?Reply
My husband just told me last night that my Facebook/blog addiction has been taken over by a podcast addiction. I have been listening to the History Chicks which I love! History is awesome and those gals are funny and have great voices. It is way more fun to learn when you can laugh and just generally enjoy what is being shared.Reply
I have discovered that voices play a big part for me. I have tried a few podcasts where the voices were lacking, or kind of grated on me and I could not carry on listening. I like those personal detours off topic too, as long as they don't leave me hanging with whatever they were talking about. I'm sure there are other things that draw or repel me, but now I have to get my kids off to school. :) Have a great day!
I never listened to a quilting Podcast. I've heard a few comedians though.Reply
YES, I am a huge podcast fan. In fact, I scoured your list, hoping that you had one listed that I had missed. (nope) I listen because I feel like all of you podcasters are my friends, chatting with me. OK - chatting at me (grin) but even if you don't know it, I talk back to you too. And you all inspire me to quilt more.Reply
Susan, I must admit I don't allow myself the time. But, after reading some of these replies, I could just let 'er go while I do another task. Goning to give it a try today, while I'm packing. Oh, I will be listening to you of course.Reply
I do listen to podcasts, mostly while a work or go for walks. Thanks for a great give away.Reply
Yes, I do listen to podcasts - I like to listen while I cook :)Reply
- AnonymousMay 21, 2012 at 8:30 AM
I can't say that I ever have...hmm...not even sure where I'd find them. I do listen to the radio. =)Reply
Thanks for a chance to win.
I don't listen to podcasts. If I did, I would like history of stuff, not techniques. I'm a visual person so listening to technique stuff does not work for meReply
I've never listened to a podcast.Reply
- AnonymousMay 21, 2012 at 9:20 AM
I don't know anything about podcasts. Sorry thats not much help!Reply
I listen to lots of podcast as I commute, mostly quilting and knitting. Of course I listen to yours!Reply
I love podcasts, this is fantastic, I'm so glad to have discovered yours!Reply
(For non-quilty podcasts I listen to a ton of CBC podcasts - at cbc.ca/podcasting if you're interested, my favourite shows are Quirks & Quarks, which is a science show, and Ideas, which is a bunch of everything)
What a fabu giveaway! I listen to This American Life - I like the snippets of stories. Sometimes it's like a window into someone else's life...someone I would not run across on my own. And the production is fabulous!Reply
I don't listen to podcasts regularly but I sometimes listen to PlayfulDay and iMake, both because they are UK based and I feel they speak to me at a Brit than some of the US based podcasts.Reply
Um... what is a podcast? I am so behind on things like that!Reply
Thanks for a great giveaway!
I've never listened to a podcast. Although I do listen to audio books while I sew.Reply
I don't listen at the moment. I used to, but stopped.Reply
The only podcast i've ever listened to is a particular show on our national radio station in the UK. The main reason for this is that this show is just so funny it makes me laugh out loud and I always feel better! Thanks for the chance to win xReply
I like science friday from npr---Reply
I don't listen to podcasts....i do listen to sermons online...does that count, or biographies about christian men / women!!!Reply
Hi Susan, I listen to all the quilting podcasts and have since the beginning. I learned about podcasts from an article in a quilting magazine; they are the only reason I purchased an Ipod. I listen because they give me ideas and because I feel like I have a quilting friend with me whenever I want.Reply
Thank you so much for doing your podcast - I always enjoy it! Tami In Denver
Thank you for this nice list of podcasts all in one place! I have become a quilting podcast addict, and I'm putting the blame firmly on you ;) I like to listen while I'm sewing, doing laundry, whatever. They inspire me to quilt more, plus I'm learning all kinds of new things. Love it, love your podcast, and I love you!Reply
I've never listened to a podcast. I've always had fairly slow internet (till now), and now the sound is out on my computer. Sad, no? Thanks for a great giveaway.Reply
I've never tried a podcast. I should!Reply
I listen to Mormon Expression podcasts because they have a lighthearted way of explaining what Mormons really believe.Reply
I cannot wait to dig into quilting podcasts though, I had NO IDEA they even existed!!
I've listened to quilting podcasts occassionally, but not regularly. That is a gorgeous kit!Reply
I haven't listened to podcasts but just got a laptop so I could take it in my sewing room and listen while I sew. I think I'll have to try that! Love the colors and fabrics in the kit. Thanks for the chance to win.Reply
I haven't heard any of your podcasts, but I definitely need to start!Reply
Hi Bee Mate! What a lovely quilt kit you are giving away! I currently don't listen to podcasts, but after reading this post, I totally want to check it out! Thanks for the information, it sounds like something that I could learn a lot from.Reply
I don't listen to podcasts too often. It's quite simply a time thing. If I do listen to something, it is usually music.Reply
Thank you,
This might be really lame, but I don't really listen to podcasts. That's not to say I *wouldn't* - I just don't know much about them. I have listened to once, once, a long time ago... I think it was through itunes and it was about Grey's Anatomy? lolReply
Thank you for the giveaway! :)
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- AnonymousMay 21, 2012 at 1:07 PM
I had never listened to a podcast and I did not even knew what it was so I'll take a moment and listen to a few in your list !Reply
Thanks for the giveaway !
I have been listening to several quilting podcast but sometimes the sound quality makes it a challenge.Reply
I listen to them while I sew or embroider. You have a pleasant speaking voice and you are easy to understand.Reply
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I listen to all the quilty podcasts and a bunch of others. They keep me entertained in the car, while doing housework,at the grocery store, at the gym, when I quilt, and when prime time TV is too bad to watch.Reply
I also listen to the Capital Steps, Freakonomics, The History Chicks,The Moth, Movie Date, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Planet Money,The Nutrition Diva, The Raw Food podcast ( I eat meat, but I like this podcast),TEDTalks, This American Life and Radiolab. I also listen to several books a week.
I've listened to a podcast about eating organic food. I find it interesting to see how someone tries to make better choices about the food they eat.Reply
I don't listen to any, but my husband downloads them and listens to them on his train journey to work.Reply
The only podcasts I've listened to were for nursing school courses.Reply
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I do not but my dad and husband listen to Achient Faith Radio. Good stuff.Reply
I used to listen to some - I need to check out these quilting ones!Reply
Thanks for the info and the giveaway!
I've never listened to a pod cast, but hope to learn how to soon.Reply
...mmm podcasts?not my thing! but i love the radio!Reply
thanks for the giveaway
I used to listen to podcasts while quilting, but itunes took too much space on my computer and I had to uninstall...sadly, my ipod sits lonely now :(Reply
I am new to this world of podcasts and am sad to say I am yet to listen to one! I had never heard of them until 4 weeks ago so will add you to my list to re-visit and 'listen' to!!! Great giveaway - thanks for the chance.Reply
I haven't listened to podcasts, but I listen to audiobooks. I may look into the podcasts. I didn't realize there were so many available that would interest me-quilting.Reply
I haven't listened to any podcasts, but I will definitely check them out! Thanks for the giveaway! firstname.lastname@example.com
I don't listen to any podcasts. My hubby downloads some to his iPod, mostly buddist lectures. I spend more time than I should reading blogs and don't dare add anything new!Reply
Sorry' I don't listen to podcasts....I find it difficult enough to operate my Iphone....lol. thank you for this chance.Reply
Thank you for the list of podcasts--I already listen to several of them, including yours. I listen to learn new things about quilting or knitting. I also listen as an alternative to NPR on my commute and I love to listen while I'm sewing or crafting.Reply
What a fabulous giveaway! I've never listened to podcasts. I probably couldn't hear it with my four kids under 7 running around here.Reply
I don't really listen to podcasts. Right now I'm too busy raising 3 little ones, so my headphone time is limited. Thanks for the chance!Reply
No, I haven't listened to podcasts. Thanks for chance to win! (EMAIL: marshudson at comcast dot net)Reply
I do not listen to any quilting podcasts, and it is simply because I do not understand quite what they ARE, how to access them, how much they cost, etc. I betcha I am not the only one who is in the dark! Thanks for your lovely giveaway.Reply
I listen to talk radio podcasts when I have extra time. I like to because they kinda keep me company and I can learn new things.Reply
You know, I used to listen to knitting podcasts all of the time, but I fell away from it a while ago. It never occurred to me to find quilting podcasts, I'll have to do that. Thanks for such a great prize, it is so me!Reply
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I listen to podcasts off and on. I've never thought to listen to quilting ones!Reply
I listen to BBC "In our time" podcasts fairly regularly - the historian in me needs feeding!Reply
Thanks for the chance to win!
I listen to lots of quilting podcasts, including yours. I also listen to audio books. I love to have the company while I'm driving or quilting, and it makes me feel like I'm more efficiently using my time - doing two things at once! I get to keep up on what's happening in the quilting world in areas besides my little part of it and learn from other quilters. I also like that I can have "company" that doesn't expect me to answer back in the conversation. :)Reply
Thanks for your podcast and this great giveaway!
As someone who was early into the whole podcasting boat, I started listening to Annie Smith's Quilting Stash when it first was available and have added almost every other quilting podcast as they appeared. Since I have 8 hours a day of listening time and don't have access to a radio, I subscribe to 40+ different shows and cover about 15 different topics (knitting, quilting, scifi, science, short stories, and paranormal, among others). I like to tell people that I don't know the meaning of bored. ;)Reply
I don't listen to Podcasts - no time between work and family it's all I can do the get some quilting time in! Thanks for the chance to win!Reply
I love to listen to quilting podcasts when I can, but I don't have time often.Reply
I like to listen to podcast from How Stuff Works. Since you like history do you listen to Stuff You Missed in History Class? I have never listened to a sewing podcast but I am going to check some out!Reply
I tend to only listen to podcasts from conferences or church sermons which I have missed. Otherwise I find I don't have enough time for podcasts.Reply
:) debyeo at hotmail dot com
I absolutely love podcasts, I listen to them while biking to and from work *and* while sewing! However, I've never tried out a quilting podcast before. I listen to a lot of NPR podcasts right now such as "Tell Me More," "Afropop," "Radiolab," etc. You've inspired me to give quilting podcasts a try!Reply
I never listen to podcasts because I never remember to download them to my computer and I do not have an MP3 player. My son listens to sermons and books.Reply
i listen and watch alot of knitting podcasts..i love to hear people from other areas of the US talk about things going on in their regions..its fun! :)Reply
I don't listen to podcasts but it sounds like a good idea.Reply
I've just recently started to listen to podcasts. Thanks for the listing! I like it cause it feels like I have a friend there talking to me while I quilt. I know, silly...Reply
I listen so I always have a friend sewing with me!Reply
the 1st podcast i listened to was Annie Smith Quilting Stash then Alex Andersons and older ones by Nadine Ruggles. . . thanks so much for the links of different podcasters. . . . i love sewing, quilting and crafters podcasts.Reply
- Rebecca M.May 21, 2012 at 8:57 PM
I don't listen to any podcasts but I'll have to try out one from your listReply
I listen to a few podcasts from CBC radio here in Canada. They are great entertainment on long car trips!Reply
I listen to quilting pod casts because I like to have my ear buds going while sewing :)Reply
I like listening to quilting podcasts to learn about new designers and books and happenings.Reply
I don't listen to any podcasts, maybe I'll start this summer.Reply
I haven't listened to any in a while but i've been thinking A lot lately I need to download some new ones! I enjoy listening to sewing and quilting podcast and positive/gentle parenting blogs, to gain skills in both!Reply
I actually listen to you as well as Jackie. :) I love podcasts and often sew while listening to them. I also subscribe to American Patchwork and Quilting Radio, Freakonomics, and NPR Science Friday. It's great to learn something new while doing more automatic sewing tasks like chain-piecing or cutting charms. Thanks for the chance to win!Reply
I don't listen to any podcasts, really. I listened to a few, but hate that there are 3, 6, 15 and then the host stopped posting new ones just when I was getting interested. So now I listen to Pandora instead.Reply
There's a quilting podcast?! Fantastic! Currently I listen to science-based podcasts, from the UK, usually astronomy-, physics-, anthropology-, geology-, geography-related. Now I can add yours. Thanks!Reply
I never listen to podcast, but maybe it is something I could doReply
I don't listen to any podcasts. The only time I really have some free time with my ipod is when I'm working out, and that's Gaga Time. (Don't judge - it's motivational.)Reply
I have never listened to a podcast. No particular reason for this I guess I have just never had the time. Thanks for the chance to win the quilt kit.Reply
I've never listened to a podcast before but I have often listened to audiobooks. They're great in the car or even while I'm surfing the web, rather than listen to music.Reply
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I've never listened to podcasts. My kids do all the time and maybe it's time I learnt how to do it and get dragged into the 21st century!Reply
I listen to pretty much no podcasts. I watch TV and listen to radio. I don't know when I'd put on a podcast. Maybe I'll have to take what Laura does under account and try to take them with me.Reply
I listen to audiobooks all the time, but I've never listened to podcasts. Will have to try them out now that I've found your site. Thanks for the chance to win.Reply
i don't really do podcasts. very occasionally my hubby will pop one on my ipod. its usually comedy which i'll listen to cos its very amusing.Reply
- AnonymousMay 22, 2012 at 4:32 AM
I've never really listened to podcasts before although I used to love listening to audiobooks on long journeys as a child so maybe I should start.Reply
I don't listen to podcasts but the BF does, he listens when walking to/from work and during jis job (he works in a lab) and he listens to Technology podcasts :) xReply
I listen to sermon podcasts from North Hills Community Church in Taylor, SC when I miss a day. For personal spiritual growth.Reply
And lots of photography business related podcasts... for business related growth.
I listen to NPR pod cast but didn't know there were quilt ones. Now lots more things to listen to, thanks!Reply
Thanks for the giveaway. I don't listen to podcasts, but I will check yours out!Reply
I listen to BBC RAdio 2 - Simon Mayo. He has a number of different things happening and always makes me laugh.Reply
I never heard, not found in the Portuguese language is nothing that attracted me, listen to radio much is online, not live without music.Reply
I mostly listen to knitting podcasts, so I really appreciate your providing this list of quilting podcasts! My favorite is Knitting Pipeline -- Paula's content is very interesting, and her manner is really warm and engaging. Also, the sound quality is really good, which is why I have stopped listening to some crafty podcasts. I also listen to iMake, which I like for the same reasons. I am off to iTunes to start downloading some of these to listen to today! Thanks so much for participating in Giveaway Day!Reply
I listen to the Ricky Gervais podcasts purely because they are hysterical!Reply
I haven't listened to podcasts but I like the idea. Guess I'll need something to listen to them on first! Love the fabric etc you're giving away. What a gorgeous selection.Reply
You know I listen to many but am so far behind it isn't even funny. I am just starting to place my foot back on the podcasting and blogging trail. Work has taken me away from it temporarily but I was never far away!!!Reply
I love listening to the cooking ones, but really have not listened to others.Reply
Thank you for the list of podcasts! I have not listened to them, but I will try them out. I guess it is just a matter of being stuck in a pattern that keeps me from listening to them. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway chance!!!Reply
for entertainment!Reply
I don't listen to podcasts ever! I listened to one on my iPod Touch before it died (refuses to charge now) and I couldn't really get excited about it. I don't learn well orally (I really need to see stuff to understand-give me a book anyday!) plus I feel like I need to be able to hear what my 2-year-old is up to at all times. I'm a weirdo though-back when I ran cross-country I never trained with earphones because I felt like I couldn't hear what was going on around me and that bothered me. Anyway, I'm definitely not a podcast person!Reply
I like to listen to non-fiction books and NPR when I'm sewing. I've found that it's easier for my attention to sort of wander and then jump back into listening when it's news/non-fiction as opposed to a story with a plot line! I do also listen to podcasts, sometimes, but sometimes I just forget about them! Thanks for the links to so many!Reply
I don't ususally but when I do I like crafy ones!Reply
I really enjoy the "Useless information" podcast through iTunes. I enjoy it because I learn a lot from it and they are all fun facts that I enjoy sharing with other people.Reply
Honestly, I don't listen to podcasts. I don't often have time or opportunity to listen to things that the children aren't interested in! Thank you for a chance to win the quilt kit. :)Reply
I haven't listened to podcasts. Never really thought to do so while sewing. I may need to change that habit. Thanks for the chance to win your giveaway.Reply
- AnonymousMay 22, 2012 at 8:40 AM
I listen to podcasts from my favorite pastors because they help me focus on god throughout the day. I also listen to the podcast from the authors of freakonomics - I love thinking about why things in the world are the way they are!Reply
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I really enjoy listening to CBC radio via podcast. Hubby is into political stuff.Reply
- AnonymousMay 22, 2012 at 8:49 AM
I lisen to flylady podcast. i never knew there was quilting podcast. thanks for giving me something new to lisen tooReply
I love NPR's This American Life podcasts -- I listen to them while I'm at my day job to help make things more interesting! I think the host, Ira, has such a fantastic way of finding stories that are interesting and relatable. I highly recommend it - I feel like I learn really fascinating things in every episode!Reply
Wow this is an amazing prize - no wonder there are so many entries.Reply
As for podcasts - I have never (as far as I'm aware) listened to any. Too much to do - too little time and I'm sure I could quite easily get hooked.
Teresa x
Haven't listened to any podcasts.Reply
Ghank you for the chance to win
I actually listen to ESPN sports pod casts. I haven't checked out any sewing or quilting pod casts.Reply
I don't listen to any podcasts! but maybe I should!Reply
I listen to a few knitting podcasts. I don't have any local friends who knit, so it's nice to hear people just chatting about their projects.Reply
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I haven't gotten into podcasts. sorry!Reply
I listen to all kinds of podcasts. Science, Popculture and food. Thanks, JeraReply
I don't actually listen to podcasts. I listen to music when I work, but I can't work and listen to spoken word. Commuting time is wind-down time for me, so no noise at all.Reply
I don't listen to podcasts. I've tried to find the time before, but it's too hard with four little tiny kiddos in the house ;)Reply
I listen to all but one of the podcasts you listed plus a couple of podcasts about podcasting and some that the evil Nonnie got me interested in about the tv show Once Upon a Time.Reply
I've never listened to a podcast but I do listen to audiobooks when I'm sewing. I'll try a quilting podcast soon.Reply
I've never really listened to podcasts.Reply
Hm, I never rally tried podcasts, I don't know why... Thanks!Reply
I used to listen to knitting podcasts, but I'm not an itunes user anymore. I don't really miss it, either. I usually do audiobooks through audible or the library.Reply
I have listened to some cooking podcast just to get dinner ideas, I hate making the same things all the timeReply
I haven't listened to a podcast.Reply
I've only listened to a couple of quilting podcasts. I usually don't have a lot of time on the computer, so it is something that I have not done alot of. Thanks for your very generous giveaway.Reply
I've actually never listened to a podcast! I should while I am working on sewing rather than listening to music.Reply
Ive been listening to Kirtan podcasts! Im a yoga teacher and Kirtan helps me connect with the divine in me.Reply
I don't listen to podcasts. (I prefer quiet.) Thanks for the giveaway!Reply
I listen to tons of NPR podcasts. Wait,wait, Don't tell me (they're funny and smart), Pop Culture Happy Hour (they're funny and my age), American Life (they're funny and quirky).Reply
I listen to This American Life a lot while I sew, but I haven't tried any from your list. I'm grateful for it, though, and will check them out this week!Reply
I have never listened to a podcast. I usually listen to Pandora while sewing.. I am wanting to break into quilting and what a better way than have everything right here!Reply
Ekk!! What a great giveway! I haven't listened to many podcasts lately, but in the past I have listened to bible sermons through them. I actually didn't realize there were ones for quilting, cooking, etc. I'm going to do some more research now! :-) Thanks for the giveaway!Reply
I have never listened to a podcast before but after reading the titles I might have to find time somewhere to do that.Reply
THe only podcast I've ever listened to was of my pastor's sermon when I missed church one week. My children are too loud for me to enjoy a pocast :(Reply
I do not regularily listen to podcasts. Of course, now that I know there is one about quilting, that may soon change ;) Thanks for the chance to win this beautiful quilt kit!Reply
Don't usually listen to podcasts but it sounds like a good way to broaden my horizons.Reply
I listen to several public radio podcasts (TAL, The World in Words, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Radiolab, etc..)-- I love to learn new things and I love listening, so the medium is a good fit for me.Reply
I downloaded 2 of Rhonda's podcasts in the past (Quilter in the Gap) and listened to 1.5 of them. Here is why I haven't been back to them...I hate earbuds, which I have to use since no one else in my family wants to listen, so that is strike number 1, and number 2 is that I HATE I-tunes and pretty much all things that involve using I-tunes, so it totally isn't worth it to me to get so frustrated. I hope this helps and isn't too negative sounding, I do like listening, it just doesn't seem to be a good fit for me to get them and listen to them...does that make sense?Reply
Sorry because I never listen to any podcasts before. Maybe I should start.Reply
Hmm, I've tried an NPR podcast, but somehow have quite gotten the hang of finding/storing/retrieving something I want to listen to! I need remedial podcast classes! Maybe I'll try to find yours!Reply
I dont currently listen to podcasts. Butblogs on interesting topics. when I spent a summer in Munich Germany I downloaded them daily. NPR, Current TV and randomReply
I haven't listened to any podcasts recently, but apparently, I'm missing out--so I'll be starting to!Reply
I've never listened to a podcast. I sometimes have trouble with auditory processing, so podcasts aren't a great choice for me :(Reply
I listen to Pat Sloan's podcast for American Patchwork & Quilting and Jackie's Quilting Chronicles. I love listening to them when I'm in my sewing cavern:) I love their interviews of folks in the quilt industry. Will record your podcast and give it a try:)Reply
i havent listened to any podcastsReply
I love to listen to podcasts! To a running podcast while I run, to shows like Wait Wait Don't Tell Me because I never seem to be home at the right time to catch them on air, to A Way With Words to satisfy my inner word nerd, and to crafting podcasts to share ideas with other crafters. I listen while working out, sometimes in the car, doing housework, doing simple craft work. They're excellent company while cutting out pieces for a quilt!Reply
I've never listened to a podcast before. This is an embarrassing admission, but I listen to Judge Judy and the People's Court when I'm crafting.Reply
I've never listened to a podcast, because I guess I'm more a visual learner. With the great list of podcasters (?) you supplied, I may give it a try! Thanks for a very generous giveaway!Reply
I have not listened to podcast before. Sorry but thanks for giveaway.Reply
So I was trying to decide whether or not to take a quilting class and figured I'd listen to a podcast or two. It's all Frances' fault. She got me to Pam, Tanesha, Sandy, you and Katie and Daisy and now it's just a free for all. Add all of you to the knitting podcasts, NPR and miscellaneous others and I've always got earbuds in my ears. We all drive, walk, knit, sew, cook and clean together. Bet you didn't realize how much fun you were having. Me? What do I know? I hear voices.Reply
Sad to say that I don't listen to podcasts (not just yours). I tend to spend my time on the internet at work and I don't like earbuds, so anything with audio gets ignored. LOLReply
Radio Lab rocks my socks! They approach topics from a scientific and often philosophical perspective and I love it. Plus, they tell good stories along the way.Reply
I have only listened to a few pod casts ever had never in a million years thought their would be a quilting one will have to check it out.Reply
I have never listened to any podcasts, but I am about to! Thanks!Reply
I didn't know there were quilting podcast. I listen to Stuff you should know. I think they are hilarious and it is interesting listening to how different things work.Reply
Yes! TED talks are great--they make me feel like I can change the world. I also like "This American Life" for the neat stories.Reply
I have to admit that I've never listened to podcasts. That being said, I've run through most of the audiobooks at my nearest library, so maybe it's time to give podcasts a try. Thanks for the generous giveaway! akmajor(at)gmail(dot)comReply
I don't think I've ever actually listened to a podcast, outside of work (not very exciting)...I always have other things going on at home... but I must check some out just for fun. :-)Reply
I don't listen to podcast. I am not technology advanced. My husband is....I might want to try.Reply
I don't listen to podcasts at all, sorry. I prefer to sew in quiet.Reply
I listen to all the podcasts you listed and you all are like family to me. I listen at work and it makes my day go faster. Love to hear about your school activities and your quilting adventures. Keep up the great work!!Reply
I haven't listened to any.Reply
I listen to podcasts of sermons by Mark Driscoll from Mars Hill Church. I love his sermons. They really challenge me.Reply
I'm so bad I don't listen to any podcasts, but I see the one from Pat Sloan advertised all the time and I read her blog. My friend listens to I think Alex Anderson's one? Thanks for informing me...I'll bookmark this site for sure!Reply
I have not ever listened to podcasts- I have listened to Ted discussions and other such things through You tube- I know of a couple of podcasts- Pat Sloans and Jackie Kunkel. It sounds like an interesting way of learning new things.Reply
Thanks for participating in the bloghop. Your quilt kit is in some of my very favorite colors.
Regards from Western Canada,
I listen to the podcasts from colonial Williamsburg and play them for my students. I don't have I-tunes on my computer but maybe I will try when school is out in 3 weeks.Reply
I haven't listened to any Podcast yet but a quilting one just might be the first one I listen to. Awesome giveaway, thanks for the chance.Reply
- AnonymousMay 22, 2012 at 9:31 PM
Thank you for this Giveaway! I listen to bible study series. So far I have listened to Calvary Oceanside Baptist Church's bible study series podcast. I usually listen to it when I'm baking. It is convenient as I have my iPhone to listen while baking.Reply
God Bless
My husband and I share a studio. He makes music while I craft so that's what I listen too heheReply
xo Steph
I love listening to the podcasts from BBC Radio 4 while quilting. Some of them are comedy shows, or plays that I've missed.Reply
I have a Chuggington video podcast on my iPad, specifically for the purposes of distracting children I look after or my nephew! Hehe. Thanks for the chance to win! Will definitely take a look at your podcasts.Reply
Ive started listening to some quilting podcasts but generally I listen to musicReply
I listen to a number of BBC Radio 4 podcasts such as From Our Own Correspondent and Crossing Continents. I love them as they give an insight into things going on in the world, both related to major news stories and things that never make the news.Reply
I'm also going to listen to some of yours as the history of quilting sounds facinating
I don't know anything about podcasts, I´m not sure what thas it means..Reply
I have never listened to any podcasts, though my husband listens to them all the time. With three kids, I cherish some quiet time every so often!Reply
i like listening to podcast instead of the radioReply
I listen to all the quilty podcasts and a few others too (History Chicks, Bowery Boys, More Hip than Hippie). I find them to be entertaining but also educational. With podcasts, the programming is in my hands and I can change it with my mood. I love 'em!Reply
I listen to NPR podcasts, including A Prairie Home Companion and Fresh Air. Very entertaining.Reply
I have never listened to a podcast. I have only just worked out my computer and how to watch missed TV shows. Maybe next year!!Reply
I have never listened to any podcasts though it is something I have wanted to do.Reply
I don't listen to podcasts, I'm not really entirely sure what they are or where you'd find them!Reply
That quilt pattern and kit look amazing! I don't listen to Podcasts.Reply
I listen to podcasts about knitting. It never occured to me that there were podcasts about quilting; thanks for the great list of podcasts you listen to. I listen while I am knitting, sewing, gardening etc. It is a way for me to enjoy the company of "friends" even when I am stuck at home doing the dishes.Reply
I don't really listen to podcasts, but my husband does listen to them from the leaders of our church while he drives or mows the lawn, etc. Thanks for the chance!Reply
I don't even know what a podcast is! I think I must go ask professor Google!! LOL!Reply
I listen to homeschooling podcasts - it's like teacher training for homeschoolers - I've learned alot that way:-)Reply
I feel technicly challenge when it comes to podcast. Sorry I know it is probably easy.Reply
The only podcasts I listen to are from the Mormon Channel - my hubby got me into them.Reply
I used to listen to science podcasts, then teaching podcasts, then some faith-based stuff. Now I mostly listen to audiobooks while I do anything.Reply
Thanks for the giveaway! I would love to win!
I don't listen to any podcasts. Thank you for the giveaway!Reply
I listen to lots of quilting and knitting podcasts while excercising, housekeeping, gardening and crafting...after I've heard the news of the day on NPR. One can only take so much of the political news, so I check in with real people all over the world via their podcasts, not always in real time. But I feel i know a bit about life all over the world that way. Thnaks for your podcast, and the giveaway!Reply


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It's being dubbed Apple Mecca, a new and very huge (a whopping 25,000 square feet), mostly underground Apple store in midtown Manhattan, for how its above-ground entrance bears an uncanny resemblance to the big black Ka'bah (AKA: The House O' Abraham) to whence all Islamic pilgrims take their grueling mandatory hajj and also because it shall be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and hence shall be the place New Yorkers shall take a holy pilgrimage whenever they crave a new iPod Nano at 4:00 am or when they desperately need to have the Mac geeks at the Genius Bar instruct them on how to purge all the gay teen chat transcripts and German fetish porn from their iBooks before their Senate confirmation hearings.
As if the cool and disturbing and telling and sexy and weird (in equal turns) iPod vending machines springing up in airports and at Macy's weren't enough. Mecca is rising at 5th and 59th in midtown Manhattan, and will also be the first Apple store to offer a full-sized iPod Bar which, presumably, will serve pink iPods blended with vodka.
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This obviously won't last very long, but the Warthog HOTAS is back on sale on NewEgg. Since Thrustmaster did not announce a new flagship joystick at their presentation last week, if you don't have the best HOTAS on the market, now is the time to buy it!
It is the usual $299 price down from its usual of I think $399.
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Exposición de la Sábana Santa en Sevilla
From 6th March to 28th June, the city of Seville lodges an extraordinary exhibition about the Holy Shroud of Turin, the cloth the supposedly wrapped the lying body of Christ after the crucifixion and which could be the reliable evidence of the divinity of the Messiah.
Coming from Malaga, where it has been highly successful with up to 50.000 visits, this presentation has an unique and unprecedented character since it is the first time that people can view in an itinerant display high quality replicas of the shroud of an unequalled accuracy as well as a sculpted Christ carved by professor Jose Manuel Minarro, an expert in sindonology and a skilled religious image maker, which represents the body of the man covered by the cloth with great precision.
In this exhibition, we will be able to behold all the physical and physiological aspects of the body of the crucified man, the historical contemplation of the holy shroud and the exhausting and exhaustive scientific study the cloth has undergone for years, without the origin of the image shown on it has been resolved.
Trustworthy copies of the cloth of unsurpassable exactness, reproductions of the body of the racked man and his face, Jewish sepulchres from the 1st century "anno domini", Roman coins like the ones granted to Judas and all kind of items from that time are waiting for us at this stunning exhibition.
The original Holy Shroud is zealously kept in a strongroom in the Italian city of Turin and is only presented publicly once a year.
The place chosen for the exhibition is Antiqvarivm (at Encarnacion quarter), also known as "las setas". Visits last 55 minutes and are assisted by audioguides in several languages.
Addres: Encarnación Square, Sevilla
Telephone: 955 471 580
— From Mondays to Sundays from 10:00 to 20:00 h
— Saturdays from 10:00 to 22:00 h.
— 8€, general ticket.
— 6€, special ticket (pensioner, unemployed and handicapped people, groups of 20 parishioners)
— 3€, school ticket (school students and people under 18 years old).
— People under 5 years old, free entrance
— Audioguide always included.
Further information on http://sabanasantaexpo.com/
Picture of the original Holy Shroud in Turín
Enhanced Negative Photograph of the Holy Shroud in Turin
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1. Re: pickList errorilya_shaikovsky Oct 25, 2010 6:16 AM (in response to cash1981)1 of 1 people found this helpful
seems you using some external jQuery or prototype libraries on your page (or some widgets based on them). In such cases conflicts could appear between built-in and externally loaded libraries.
2. Re: pickList errorcash1981 Oct 25, 2010 6:40 AM (in response to ilya_shaikovsky)
Aaah. Bullocks!
You are of course right. We are using external JQuery and not richfaces built-in.
Any workarounds other than removing our external JQuery?
3. Re: pickList errorilya_shaikovsky Oct 25, 2010 6:49 AM (in response to cash1981)
I'm afraid could only propose two obvious ways to choose:
- exclude our jQuery - we using some patches to resolve some issues, so in that case some components behavior could be affected.
- exclude your external jQuery and use bundled with RF
4. Re: pickList errorcash1981 Oct 25, 2010 7:21 AM (in response to ilya_shaikovsky)
Thanks for the answer.
I think we will have to try to exclude richfaces jQuery. We are using it exensivly and we only have a few RichFaces components, so hopefully it will not be affected.
By the way. If I only want to disable JQuery, and not Prototype since we are only using JQuery. How can I do this?
5. Re: pickList errorcash1981 Oct 25, 2010 8:07 AM (in response to ilya_shaikovsky)
I tried to disable JQuery but it still doesn't work.
<context-param> <param-name>org.richfaces.ExcludeScripts</param-name> <param-value>JQuery</param-value> </context-param>
I also tried
but I I get these two error messages message both times:this.focusKeeper.observe is not a functionRichfaces.ListBase.ASC="acs";Richfaces...ner('load',this.imagesOnLoad,true);}}
ListBase.js (line 4)element.dispatchEvent is not a function
6. Re: pickList errorilya_shaikovsky Oct 26, 2010 8:30 AM (in response to cash1981)
Doh.. I just looked to source code and realized that the parameter is only actual for 3.1.x and not present in 3.3.x Why can't you using built-in jQuery? Conflicts with some your plugins?
7. Re: pickList errorcash1981 Oct 26, 2010 9:23 AM (in response to ilya_shaikovsky)
Wow, thats strange.
Must be a reason why the Richfaces team chose to remove it from the 3.1.x branch.
Do you know anything about that?
We are using JQuery 1.3.X
I haven't tested JQuery version shipped with Richfaces, but if it is 1.4 or later, then our code as is won't work.
We have a lot of JQuery code, so it would be a lot of work to switch if I am not mistaken.
The other reason, why I wanted to avoid doing that, is because later version of Richfaces probably uses the 1.4 version of JQuery, and that would hinder us to upgrade Richfaces version before altering the code to be 1.4 suitable.
By the way, is it sufficient that remove all our JQuery code and use RichFaces JQuery only on that particular page where I want the PickList?
8. Re: pickList errorilya_shaikovsky Oct 27, 2010 2:34 AM (in response to cash1981)
RF 3.3.3 Final using 1.3.2 so maybe could be used in your case?
1.4 version used starting from 4.x.
I'm not sure why and when it was removed without going though entire history Prabably after some review it appeared that much components affected by external versions without our patches. Now will update FAQ with that info...


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My work is based on the memories, emotions and journeys taken during and after the war in the former Yugoslavia. I have captured the concept of 'a light at the end of the tunnel' – light the metaphor for Australia. Each bottle represents a family, and contains a small diary entry expressing their outlook on the war and the new opportunities that lay ahead in Australia. Some bottles remain empty, representing the families who did not have the opportunity to leave their country and find a 'new life'.


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Crucial for Luther's theology and his own experience was the question of whether one's salvation was certain. And the security of the truth which underlay doctrine was complexly related to that question. Luther thus received and developed notions of certitude and security. The concepts as Luther inherited them have a long and somewhat complicated history that can be traced back to ancient Greece. These terms were often distinct throughout antiquity and up to contemporary times. The term "security" has referred to the realm of the political; namely, the security or tranquility of the city state or "nation" both in terms of physical security in times of conflict and also in the history of law. Certitude has a more complex history. For example, Aristotle often understood certainty or akribeia to mean precision, especially in mathematical terms. Those sciences that had the most properties removed (aphaeresis) were the most precise and consequently the most certain. Most prominent in the history of certitudo was the issue of epistemic certainty. Thus we find in Augustine's doctrine of illumination that uncreated, immutable exemplars were the guarantors of certainty. It was in the later Middle Ages that the issue of epistemic certainty, in the form of mental representation, became a controversial topic. Scotus criticized Henry of Ghent's views of human cognition and contended that certainty could be had only of self-evident propositions, knowledge of contingent acts, repeated occurrences ordained by God, and sense knowledge of the external world. Ockham argued for epistemic certainty on the basis of self-evident propositions and, most importantly, the reliability of intuitive cognition of individual external objects.
Certainty also had a long history in Christian theology and most often referred to the certainty of faith. Certitude was the conviction of the truth regarding the contents of the faith. Frequently the issue referred to the relationship between faith and reason. Certainty referred primarily to definition of the Christian faith. Not surprisingly, throughout the Christian tradition, certainty was related to the problem of heresy. The early church Fathers tried to establish orthodox doctrine over and against various heretical groups. Everyone agreed that the foundation for Christian truth was Scripture. However, different people interpreted the Bible in ways that were judged to be contrary to Christian faith. Around the year 434, Vincent of Lérins provided a rule that distinguished Catholic truth from heresy. This "Vincentian Canon" required that Christian truth be that which was believed everywhere, always, and by all (Quod ubique, quod semper, quod ab omnibus). These criteria guaranteed the certainty and stability of doctrine. One target of Vincent's was probably Augustine, because he could be quoted against himself. Due to the many conversions in his life, Augustine made many pronouncements he later retracted, and such retractions were not meant to contribute to uncertainty about the faith. Medieval Scholastic inheritors of Augustine continued to define faith as a cognitive certitude. Their training in dialectic was crucial because it provided the certainty of doctrine against heretics. Luther was trained in dialectic, but in his Disputation against Scholastic Philosophy he opposed the use of Aristotle and logic in theology. Nonetheless, dialectic remained a subject in the university at Wittenberg.
Dialectic could not answer the questions of certainty for which Luther sought answers. His questions were about the certainty of salvation and, for Luther, this certainty could only be found in Scripture and the experience of the Holy Spirit. Such certainty also required a redefinition of faith. As the various reformations continued to divide Western Christendom, controversies about the exegesis of Scripture multiplied both among various reformers and between reformers and Catholics. Throughout the course of the turbulent 16th century, the real source of certainty for all parties became the Holy Spirit.
Throughout the late Middle Ages, certainty and security referred to the relationship between the individual and God. For Martin Luther and the other Protestant reformers, these terms took on a meaning beyond the faithful knowledge of the contents of the faith. Any examination of Luther's writings show that he used "security" and "certainty" synonymously to refer to the certitude of salvation whereby one experienced the security, assurance, and certitude of God's benevolent will. Moreover, despite his lack of a firm terminology, Luther meant the same thing by "the certainty of forgiveness," "the certainty of justification," and "the certainty of God's good will," as well as the phrase, "the certainty of being in a state of grace." All of these phrases referred to the certainty of salvation or the security of knowing that God's benevolence was directed to one's own individual salvation.
Keywords: Martin Luther, Holy Spirit, exegesis, salvation, faith, assurance, tradition, ecclesiology, reason, authority
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Cover: Enhanced SEM of freeze-fractured miso revealed asci as tubes with ascospores inside. Miso is a traditional Japanese food made from soybeans fermented with rice, barley, salt, and Aspergillus oryzae. Miso is among the microbially based foods that modern chefs are using to create new flavors and textures (see p. 13). (Image © Scimat/Science Source.)
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text: Deakin University was established in the 1970s as one of the new generation of Australian universities. Deakin combines a university's traditional focus on excellent teaching and research with a desire to seek new ways of developing and delivering courses. Deakin has won several awards for its teaching and learning excellence - testament to its excellent facilities, flexible study options and courses which are informed by industry professionals.


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The movement of a dancer is dichotomous. A physically expressive dance can last for minutes, but its individual movements, poses and positions are ephemeral to the viewer. Videos of dance pose the same problem, and while a photograph can capture a choreography's fleeting configurations, it usually does so at the expense of conveying its kinetics.
One way around this either/or situation is with composite images like these. The video up top, created by filmmakers Michael Langan and Terah Maher, is another. The artists describe their work:
A chorus of women are borne from the movements of a single dancer in this dreamlike "pas de trente-deux."
"Choros" premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012 and has gone on to play dozens of festivals worldwide. The film is currently broadcast in Europe by Canal+.
The video above is 13 minutes, but you'll hardly even notice. HD, full screen, headphones if you can swing it (the accompanying music, Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians, is perfect). It's absolutely transfixing.
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Goldman Sachs: Buy JPMorgan, hold off on Morgan StanleyJune 26, 2012: 12:26 PM ET
Goldman Sachs (GS) told investors early Tuesday to buy JPMorgan Chase (JPM), and stop buying Morgan Stanley (MS).
JPMorgan Chase was upgraded to a so-called "conviction list buy," which, in Goldman Sachs' parlance, means run out and buy it. Conversely, Morgan Stanley was downgraded to a "hold" from a "buy."
Both banks have seen share prices fall precipitously this year, because of what Goldman's analysts say are "idiosyncratic events," including potential repercussions from Morgan Stanley's two-notch downgrade by Moody's, and the impact of JPMorgan's trading loss of more than $2 billion on earnings.
Morgan Stanley's downgrade, while not as bad as expected, could still have a longer-term impact on the firm's trading activities, cutting into its market share and hurting future profits, Goldman's analysts said.
In contrast to Morgan Stanley's issues, JPMorgan's trading loss is more of an aberration, according to Goldman's analysts, who said they buy CEO Jamie Dimon's forecasts for a "solidly profitable" second quarter.
"We believe Jamie Dimon's testimonies were an important first step in removing some of the worst-case scenarios priced into shares," said Goldman's analysts.
Still, even bad news can be good for the stock. Morgan Stanley reversed earlier losses to trade about 1% higher midday Tuesday. Shares of JPMorgan rose about 1.5%.


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What kind of Klingon robs two 7-Elevens at 2AM with a Bat'leth?
The kind of man who would leave the second store empty-handed after the second clerk refused to give him money. Now that's just shameful. Perhaps if he had threatened the clerks in actual Klingon, he would have had more luck? [Denver Channel - Thanks Undercover Buck!]


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My (Budding) Pizza Oven: David S. with Another Brooklyn Backyard Oven
Q&A about home pizza ovens.
Last week, I got an email from David S. with the subject line "Another pizza oven grows in Brooklyn." David was referring to Mark Wilkie's backyard Brooklyn pizza oven, which you may remember from August of last year. Building a pizza oven in a Brooklyn backyard is sort of a feat, since A) space is at a premium and B) it's often pretty damn difficult to get items into the backyard because there's often no access other than what you've got going through the living space itself. Anyway, David promises to keep us updated throughout the process. (Between his first email and now, he's already sent in more pics, which you can see after the jump. —The Mgmt.
Like a proud papa about to have a kid, I wanted share a sneak peak of the oven I am building in the backyard of my house. With friends' help and my wife's understanding, I am aiming to complete the dome in the next two weeks and be cooking pizza in a month. We are really into the homestretch now and I can't wait! (finishing the outside plus landscaping is another matter, however).
When finished and cooking, I would be thrilled to see it featured in a My Pizza Oven piece and maybe a bit premature, would be humbled to have the Slice team over for a pizza cookout (must love dogs).
David (6/23/2010)
More oven progress. It may now be obvious that much of the inspiration for the completion of the oven is coming from your slide show on Donatella Arpaia's oven that Stefanno Ferrara built. Both the dome shape and technique to finishing technique for the dome (slurry). We'll have to see how my observations of the dome shape translatted to the finished oven and performance. Right now it is looking a little shallow but that might be an optical illusion. I have faith in the first course height to dome height ratio I decided on from observations. It is definately a shallower dome than the Pompeii style oven many people build from the Forno Bravo plans (another source of my inspiration).
The coming weekend should see the completion of the dome. Major step!
—David (6/28/2010)
Nice! Thanks for the original email and for the update. And, hells yeah! The Slice crew loves dogs AND would love to try pizza from this bad boy once it's done. And we don't care what your landscaping looks like at that point. ;)
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The slightly obscure and totally underrated 2011 flick Jeff Who Lives At Home gets the Bad Lip Reading treatment, and it's spot on, as usual.
But what really elevates it is Susan Sarandon's poker face as she carries on inappropriate conversations with her sons, the ever-lovable Jason Segel and Ed Helms.
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"Processing Maven resources" needlessly slows me down Follow
Whenever I run a test or a Java application in my IDE, I am always forced to wait 20 or 30 seconds for "Processing Maven resources...", even when nothing has changed in my project. In times of intense dev/test activity this is a real drag on my time!
Does anyone know what is going on and how I can stop it? I have tried toggling Maven on-/off-line (under Maven Projects), but it seems to make no difference.
Thanks for any pointers :-)
- Chris
PS I am running IDEA 10 (see graphic) on Mac OS X 10.6.6
When you import a maven process, you can choose what maven phase will get run before build, you can probably set it to nothing. The default is process-resources, which is causing your slowdown.
I really wish maven had a flag to not copy the files if they are not newer...
(well, there is http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/resources-mojo.html#overwrite, but it doesn't seem to work for me)
The point probably is this is a performance regression in 102.149 - working on a pure junit test is a royal pain now. IDEA didn't need this 30 secs delays before.
Thanks Gustavo - can you steer me towards the settings you mean? I have had a look, but nothing quite seems to match your description.. presumably it is connected to the Make or Build settings?
Could you please create a YouTrack issue and attach a CPU snapshot?
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I guess this is solved in IDEA 11.1.2 http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-84484 ?
I'm still seeing this in IU-117.912 and I also am not sure where I can rachet this down for maven?
I managed to solve this once I figured out what it was doing (which wasn't obvious...)
I had built a structure of directories in the 'resources' folder in which I had placed some very large files. What was happening was that these files would be copied into the 'target' directory every time I built the project. The solution? Put the large files somewhere else!
Hope this helps :-)
- Chris
>Chris Bamford
That helped me almost 7 years afterwards. I have probably misunderstood what should/could be placed into the resources folder of the Maven structure.
Now I only have few input files there and the large amount of output (wasn't that large in size, but it was 60000 files) goes to a different folder outside src.
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More analysts are predicting that Apple stock will reach $1,000 within the next year in what will likely trigger a buying frenzy.
Topeka Capital Markets reported its projections, saying that the stock price would be "lifted by growth in China" and a new TV product, according to Bloomberg News. However, perhaps Topeka Capital Markets got its insight from Steve Wozniak who said the same thing to CNBC on March 1. From the story we wrote:
"You know, people talk about $1,000 stock price... you know, at first you want to doubt it but I actually believe that and I don't really follow stock markets," Wozniak said.
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Apple, with about $100 billion in cash and valued at half a trillion dollars, is clearly one of the world's most valuable companies, but the stock market is a fickle thing. Topeka Capital is betting Apple stock will rise on the introduction of Apple TV, an upgraded iPhone and inroads made into China. "Apple fever is spreading like a wildfire around the world," wrote analyst Brian White in a report. Not surprisingly, White said Apple stock was definitely a buy.
Other analysts, including Katy Hubert of Morgan Stanley, also projected a possible $1,000 -- two weeks ago. She said the growth hinged on iPhone and computer tablet growth both domestically and globally. However, both Hubert and White point out the largest area of growth and demand is China.
Right now the stock price is at $626, which would mean a significant amount of growth to hit higher than $1,000. We're not sure if the new Apple TV is enough to do that, but never underestimate the passion of Apple fans.


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Not The Actual Events (also known as Halo 29) is the second proper EP from Nine Inch Nails. It was released digitally on December 23, 2016, though pre-orders through nin.com allowed for a download one day early. This is the first release to include Atticus Ross as an official member of NIN.
Track List
The EP was first acknowledged by Trent Reznor on December 17, 2016 in a post on nin.com:
"It's an unfriendly, fairly impenetrable record that we needed to make. It's an EP because that ended up being the proper length to tell that story".
In addition to a wide digital release, the EP was offered through nin.com in two other formats. One was a single-sided vinyl, and the other was a digital + "physical component for you to deal with" version with further details not yet known.
The cover artwork harks back to that of And All That Could Have Been and Still. There are five known variants, including the final version.
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17 April 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Toshiba to distribute Nanosonics trophon EPR in UK
Singapore: Australia's Nanosonics has signed an agreement with Toshiba Medical Systems and has made Toshiba a non-exclusive distributor of trophon EPR, a disinfection technology, in the UK.
Chief Executive Officer Dr Ron Weinberger said that Toshiba will launch Nanosonics' first-in-class ultrasound probe disinfection technology in April 2013, coinciding with the new UK fiscal year. Nanosonics will continue to sell directly into the UK market.
Mr Mark Hitchman, GM, Toshiba Medical Systems, UK, said that, "We see trophon EPR as complementary to the Toshiba range of ultrasound machines, and as playing an important role in reducing infection control risk across the healthcare system. Toshiba looks forward to working with Nanosonics in the roll out of this important technology."
"Nanosonics' direct operations in the UK have seen growth in the demand for product presentation and information from a broad range of healthcare professionals. This strategic engagement with Toshiba will give trophon EPR greater exposure within this market and facilitate adoption of trophon EPR as the Standard of Care in probe decontamination," Dr Weinberger said.
"We estimate that the UK opportunity for trophon EPR is likely to be significant in light of the recent regulatory drivers. It is early days yet and it will take time to build sales volume. However, the signs are encouraging that the UK operations will make an important contribution to global sales revenue," Dr Weinberger commented.


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And watch us cry. But first: the laughing. Have you seen 'Bridesmaids' yet? (And were you aware that doing so is your feminist duty?) I did, and would heartily recommend it. It's hilarious, well-written, and good. But people weren't expecting much from it; Deadline Hollywood's Nikki Finke said she'd give up writing about movies if it cracked the $20 million mark on its opening weekend. Which it did. But that it did was clearly a surprise. Here are some words from Rebecca Traister on the movement to mobilize female moviegoers:
Yes we can… buy tickets to a Kristen Wiig movie in an effort to persuade Hollywood that multidimensional women exist, spend money and deserve to be represented on film.
What's motivating this campaign is simple: Hollywood studios do not make comedies for or about women anymore. Yes, they used to….
Those days are long gone, and we now inhabit an entertainment universe in which everything male-centered is standard, and everything female-centered is female (yes, this dynamic extends into publishing, politics and professionalism, but for now, let's keep it to Hollywood). What that means in practical terms is that women will plonk down dollars to see a male-dominated action movie, a girl-gobbling horror flick, or a dude-centric comedy just as easily as they'll pay for the kind of female-fueled movie that is literally made for them. Men, meanwhile, have apparently been so conditioned to find anything female emasculating (notwithstanding the expectation that their girlfriends find anything male, including 'Thor,' scintillating) that they cannot be moved to sit through any movie with a fully developed woman at its center. As Tad Friend recently put it in his New Yorker profile of the actress Anna Faris–in a sentence mentioned frequently by 'Bridesmaids' activists–'Studio executives believe that male moviegoers would rather prep for a colonoscopy than experience a woman's point of view, particularly if that woman drinks or swears or has a great job or an orgasm.'
Traister's piece is a fabulous read, but I'm going to leave the Bridesmaids behind for a minute, and move on to mother-of-the-bride territory. In the form of Hillary Clinton. In Anne Doyle's Forbes piece entitled "Women Are Not 'Guys' and Men Are Not the 'Norm'," Doyle lays out a couple of examples of the same issue Traister views through the cinematic lens–the idea that, in our culture, everything male-centered is standard, and everything female-centered is female.
And, in this case, wrong, and in need of spinning. And what is this case, you ask? A shot of Obama's Situation Room featuring the members of his inner circle watching the Bin Laden raid go down–crazy shit, all might agree–in which Hillary Clinton is shown expressing emotion (although, if you ask me, pretty subdued emotion), her hand over her mouth.
The bad news is the ridiculous angst the photo triggered over the gender differences it captured. The men were stone-faced, revealing little. It was only the expression and body language of the most powerful woman in our nation that most clearly communicated the tension, high stakes, and yes, even fears that every leader in the room was experiencing. No surprise there. We socialize men and women to express emotions very differently.
But here's the astonishing part. After the now-iconic image was released, Clinton, whose hand was raised to her mouth in the photo, felt she needed to explain the gesture by telling media she was 'trying not to cough' at the instant the photo was taken. Are we still that uncomfortable with powerful women behaving like women rather than 'men in skirts' that even she needs to spin her actions that deviate from the male norm? And since when is the behavior of only fifty percent of the human race 'the norm'?
It reminds me of the story Charlotta Kratz wrote about here:
Women may be equal to men professionally, but we could never talk publicly about personal female experiences the way men talk about personal, private, male experiences (like the relationship between a man and his son) in public.
The experience of being a man is of common interest. The experience of being a woman is not.
It's an issue we dissect pretty thoroughly in the book. And it's all yet another reason why so many women are so damn undecided: yes, we've been told we can do anything… but the world continues to show us that we should probably stifle certain parts of ourselves to get to the point where we can do it. That we're the fringe, lucky to be allowed to play in the men's world. And that's a shame for everyone–not least because those parts of us that we stifle might actually be sources of great, beneficial value–were individuals and the culture at large encouraged to indulge them. (And, I'm sorry, let's not forget that this grand world we've created has studio heads believing that one half of the population thinks seeing a movie about women will somehow cost them their balls. This is a good thing?) But maybe things are changing. Bridesmaids was brilliant and pulled in $26.2M it's first weekend. (I hasten to add: only $8.5M less than 'Thor.' Ahem, Barf.)


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Boulder, CO (KDVR) -- The Boulder County Sheriff's Office is investigating reports of people finding several raw meatballs containing rat poison at a park in Gunbarrel, northeast of Boulder.
The sheriff's office believes the poisoned meatballs found in a park were left for pets to eat. Several meatballs were found and removed, but there could be more.
At least one dog was treated by a veterinarian, the sheriff's office said. Matt Booth of Alpenglow Veterinarian Clinic in Boulder said, through the sheriff's office, that symptoms in pets would include be lethargy, decreased appetite, pale gums, difficulty breathing and unexplained bleeding or bruising. The symptoms might take two to three days to show.
Booth recommends pets should be taken to a vet if there is a chance the poison has been consumed because it might be too late after symptoms start to show.


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No ice-cream machine, sugar, milk or cream? An urge to eat something healthy between all those lovely cakes? Read on… We're going to try the famous frozen banana ice-cream from those popular healthy blogs and cookbooks. Yup, you're in for a healthy treat!!! Now don't go running to your sausages and mash yet (like me!) – you don't have to be super healthy to enjoy this delicious Berry (nice) banana ice-cream pie. And you know I'm not really an ice-cream person but this is an exciting ice-cream PIE! A no-bake recipe with blueberries, raspberries, bananas and a lovely date and cashew nut base flavoured with roasted black sesame seeds. Yummy goodness!
This recipe is inspired by a book I recently acquired, Deliciously Ella, adapting her combined banana ice-cream and 'cheesecake' recipes, and adding my ideas. Like the black sesame seeds that have haunted my thoughts since I met them in a delicious choux puff cream. In a London Japanese patisserie. Heavenly.
You'll need your food processor or someone else's. And an 18 to 20 cm cake ring or springform cake tin with removable bottom. Plus two little rings or moulds to make two mini test-cakes! To practise a neat mousse cake technique get a roll of acetate strip (6cm wide) and some sellotape! Or a plastic sheet. You also need cardboard and foil. Yeah, it's like Blue Peter here. 🙂Ingredients
Ice-cream layer (play around with quantities to have more berries/less bananas)
- 4 medium-sized ripe bananas cut into thin slices (about 380g)
- 250g/1 and a half cups blueberries and raspberries (in equal quantities or as you prefer)
- 2 tablespoons (or more) maple syrup or honey, to taste
- 2 tablespoons almond milk (optional)
- Flavour options: freshly ground black pepper, ground cinammon, vanilla extract, salt, cardamon or anise – experiment!
- 200g/1 and a quarter cups pitted dates (about 25 Mejdool dates)
- 200g/1 and a half cups salted cashew nuts or almonds as in the original recipe. Check packets for gluten-free nuts.
- 1 tablespoon ground roasted black sesame seeds (found in a Japanese shop then ground in a spice or bamix grinder)
- pinch of salt, to taste
Slice the bananas thinly, lay out on a baking tray and place in the freezer.Wash, dry then lay out the berries on a baking tray or dish and put in the freezer.Leave the fruit in the freezer at least 3 hours.
Make cardboard and foil round bases. Draw around your cake ring to make bases the same size as your pie, then continue as shown in the photos (from top-left, clockwise).
Place your cake tins/rings on your bases.
If you have the acetate strip, line your cake ring or tin. Or use plastic. Stick together with sellotape on the outside (the side touching the cake tin/ring).Base
Process the cashew nuts, dates and sesame seeds in your food processor for around 5 minutes till you have a paste that sticks together. Taste and flavour as desired, with salt for example.
Sprinkle evenly on your foil bases then flatten with the back of your fingers (not too hard as it can become quite solid and harder to cut).Store in the freezer till the ice-cream layer is ready.
Process the frozen fruit, sweetener, almond milk (if using) and flavouring in your food processor for 5 to 10 minutes. Scrape down with a spatula and stir manually if there's a mixture pile-up or clog. Eventually it'll go creamy!!! Woohoo!Taste and add extra flavourings as desired.
Pour the ice-cream immediately onto your base(s). Spread evenly with the back of a metal spoon. Place in the freezer at least 3 hours before eating.
If your ring doesn't come off easily, push the base up with your right hand so it comes up through the ring (the ring ends up on dangling on your right forearm).
If this doesn't work place the ring over steam from a kettle (careful, don't get burnt) all the way around, or use a blowtorch or hot towel. The heat should melt anything that's frozen and stuck on the inside of the ring.Freeze again so it's well set, tear off the sellotape from the seam (or cut) then tear off the acetate as quickly and neatly as possible. Tada! Mousse cake technique!Cover with fruit.
This recipe can be a base for you to play with, adding all kinds of frozen fruit to the mix and perhaps some lemon juice. Roasted black sesame seeds could be added to the ice-cream and anise or cardamon pair well with banana. Lots of possibilities! You can also serve with a scoop of ice-cream, like black sesame seed and vanilla – recipe coming soon!Eating and storing your healthy ice-cream pie(s)
Store in the freezer in an airtight container for up to a month or so, though I'd advise eating it within a week or two. Once out of the freezer wait 5 or 10 minutes before eating.
This pie's delicious. It's fresh, fruity, creamy and moreish with a lovely chewy sesame base and your body will actually thank you! Mine was very grateful for this healthy treat which suddenly gave me renewed energy… honestly!
I'm taking it to the lovely Fiesta Friday party so everyone can dance and be up all weekend, including Angie and her friendly co-hosts Loretta @ Safari Of The Mind and Caroline @ Caroline's Cooking. Come along, it's virtual pot-luck! Meanwhile, please help yourself to some healthy berry nice banana ice-cream pie! 🙂
Are you all virtually bouncy and energetic now? Second helpings?
Hope you've enjoyed our little trip to the Land of Healthy Ice-cream Desserts. Have a lovely refreshing and cool weekend sweet reader and see you soon! 🙂 x
P.S. This takes about 25 minutes to make (3 hours waiting time), but for a super-quick 15-minute version forget the acetate strip or foil bases and just fill a dish!


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Watchdog: Route 110 left turn to get DOT study
There is a left turn in East Farmingdale that is extremely dangerous and I would like to see it made illegal. I would sleep better at night if this left turn was prohibited. I have been unsuccessful in finding out who needs to be contacted in order to make this happen.
-- Barbara Kaplan, Roslyn Heights
Kaplan's concern is prompted by tragedy: Her mother, Judy Stein of East Meadow, was killed in a traffic accident on Route 110/Broadhollow Road last summer. Stein had just left a store on the west side of the road and driven across the southbound lanes of Route 110 to the median. While she was waiting there to make a left turn, her car was hit by a southbound truck.
After the accident, which occurred the afternoon of Aug. 27, Kaplan said she and her husband drove to the site. And in her email to Newsday, she wrote: "I have driven by this area many times, and I would tend to make a right turn [onto southbound Route 110] and then a U-turn at the first light, as crossing so many lanes of traffic seemed ill-advised."
She learned from the police report that the truck driver "looked down to adjust his GPS and when he looked up, he said there was no time to stop."
"The case is closed and is deemed noncriminal," said a Suffolk County police spokesman.
Kaplan said she called transportation officials a few times, with no result, before getting swamped by the process of settling her mother's estate and dealing with the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.
Eileen Peters, a state Transportation Department spokeswoman, said all it takes to start a safety investigation is a letter.
That has now begun.
"Our NYS Department of Transportation Traffic Engineers will be initiating a study of this intersection to determine whether the elimination of left turns would improve safety and whether other traffic control measures are appropriate," Peters said.
Kaplan said her mother was 75 years old -- and was anything but elderly.
Judy Stein "walked two miles a day" and was working as a salesperson, Kaplan said. "To beat cancer twice, to be mowed down by a pickup truck," she added, her voice trailing off.
Kaplan initially feared that her mother may have been talking on her cellphone and, if so, that the distraction may have contributed to the accident. She was relieved to learn that the last call was 30 minutes before the 3:15 p.m. crash.
She found that out when she took the phone, which was found in the wreckage, to an AT&T store and asked staff if they could determine when the last call was made.
On Old Country Road in Plainview, just east of the intersection with Manetto Hill and Plainview roads, an old telephone pole is dangling next to the one that replaced it. The old pole is pulling down wiring. There's also a tree stump that needs to be removed and a broken sidewalk in need of repair. All this is the result of superstorm Sandy. It's not the only location I've seen like this, but it's the worst one. When will this damage be repaired?
-- Alan End, Plainview
We're pleased to report that half of this issue has been fixed. The other half will take a little longer.
Within 24 hours of our inquiry earlier this month, Verizon sent workers to transfer the company's lines to the new pole and remove the one that was dangling. Spokesman John Bonomo said Verizon was the old pole's only remaining "tenant," meaning the company's wires were the only ones that hadn't been moved to the new pole, and workers were dispatched in the rain to remedy the situation.
Bonomo said the situation wasn't fixed sooner because Verizon hadn't been aware of it.
"Our engineering staff, where this would have come in to, did not have a record of it," he said in an email.
But it looks as if the roadside stump and damaged sidewalk may be around for a while. As we reported earlier this month, Nassau County is working through a list of stump removals and sidewalk repairs made necessary by superstorm Sandy.
The county's public works spokesman, Michael Martino, verified that this particular location is on the county's list. He did not respond to an inquiry seeking an estimated date for repair.
End is pleased the dangling pole and its electrical box are out of harm's way. "I was quite amazed with how quickly they worked today," End said of Verizon.
Verizon-related issues can be reported at 800-837-4966.


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The idea behind Seaside came from 1946, when the grandfather of future founder Robert S. Davis bought 80 acres of land along the shore of Northwest Florida as a summer retreat for his family. In 1979 Davis inherited the parcel from his grandfather, and aimed to transform it into an old-fashioned beach town, with traditional wood-framed cottages of the Florida Panhandle.
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Classic Mustangs equipped with Bendix power-assisted steering yield all kinds of challenges for enthusiasts who have to live with them. When components are fresh and everything is installed properly, Bendix power-assisted steering works quite well, and without the leaks. However, not enough of us are getting that one right when it comes to maintenance. We use lines and hoses that dont fit. And we tend to get in a hurry and screw things up without realizing it.
Did you know you can rebuild your Mustangs power-steering control valve yourself? All you need is a clean setting (hospital clean), a mind for detail, organization, and the right parts from CJ Pony Parts. Before disassembling the control valve, always thoroughly clean the valve in a parts washer or with brake cleaner to remove dirt and grit that can harm the valves precision parts. These parts are so precise that a speck of dust can cause major damage or valve malfunction.
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If your control valve is corroded or damaged beyond repair, look to CJ Pony Parts for new and remanufactured power steering components to help get you back on the road in short order.


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When the Ontario government launched its feed-in tariff last year, it also introduced a new centralised permitting procedure meant to streamline a system where developers had to work their way through a patchwork of overlapping provincial and municipal requirements.
The new rules also, however, allow anyone in Ontario to launch an appeal against any approval by taking their case to the province's quasi-judicial environmental review tribunal.
"The problem here is that the threshold to get into this appeal process is so low. It is so much lower than in other jurisdictions that it allows people in downtown Toronto or Ottawa or wherever to fire off appeals on projects that are on the other side of the province," says Aaron Atcheson, who chairs the national clean-tech practice group at law firm Millar Thomson.
Given Ontario's vocal and well-organised anti-wind lobby, Atcheson expects to see a rash of appeals filed against projects. Although he believes the industry will be successful in fighting them, it will still require companies to hire lawyers and prepare cases before the tribunal.
What the province's environment ministry has not considered in setting the new rules, he says, are the extra costs and delays the industry will face, which it will then have to explain to lenders and equity providers.
Atcheson says the province could have limited the impact by restricting wind farm appeals to those specifically affected by the facility, an approach the US state of Massachusetts, for example, is considering. The rules could also contain a test that forces opponents to provide some minimum level of evidence before an appeal can move forward, he adds.
Dianne Saxe, an environmental lawyer in Toronto, says she "would be very surprised" if any major wind project in Ontario goes unchallenged, at least initially. But after the tribunal begins to hand down rulings, "and once we get a couple of strong precedents on the key issues, everybody will have a pretty good idea of where they stand", she says. At that point, appeals may drop off or move through the tribunal more quickly.
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In order to stop a project, opponents will have to demonstrate either serious harm to human health or serious and irreversible harm to the natural environment. "It is going to be a lot easier to launch an appeal than to win an appeal," says Saxe.
Kate Jordan, spokeswoman for Ontario's environment ministry, says the new rules actually streamline the multiple appeals processes developers were subject to under the old system. It also requires the tribunal to make a decision within six months. That timeframe gives the industry a much better chance of having decisions made quicker than might otherwise be the case, says Saxe.
Unlike Atcheson, Saxe does not believe limiting the right to appeal to those directly affected by a project is an option. Ontario, which has large, sparsely populated and undeveloped regions, decided back in the 1970s that every resident should be allowed to act to protect the natural environment. "If only people who live in an area can protect it, then most of the province would not be protected," explains Saxe. "It was a very deliberate policy decision that was made for what I think are correct reasons a long time ago."